FMCSA Petitions for Rulemaking (Open Petitions)
FMCSA Petitions for Rulemaking
(49 CFR 389.31)
Any interested person may petition the Administrator to establish, amend, interpret, clarify, or withdraw a rule. Each petition filed must:
- Be submitted in writing by mail to the Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001 or filing the petition as a comment, electronically at www.regulations.gov, using the general petitions for rulemaking docket FMCSA-2021-0054;
- Set forth the text or substance of the rule or amendment proposed, or specify the rule that the petitioner seeks to have interpreted, clarified or withdrawn, as the case may be;
- Explain the interest of the petitioner in the action requested;
- Contain any information, data, research studies, and arguments available to the petitioner to support the action sought.
Petitions received will be logged on the table below and categorized by "open" and "closed" petitions. This display is required by Section 5204 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act).
Open Petitions for Rulemaking
The following is a list of petitions for rulemakings that are pending a decision from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or granted and awaiting further action.
Filing Organization: SBTC
Date Agency Received Petition: 07/12/2024
Petition: Amend 49 CFR 371 to address the roadside inspection contractual mandate.
Filing Organization: Michelle Grubbs
Date Agency Received Petition: 12/21/2023
Petition: Amend driver disqualifications in 49 CFR 383.51 to change various offenses.
Filing Organization: AWM Associates, LLC.
Date Agency Received Petition: 07/16/2024
Petition: Petition to amend the financial responsibility minimum levels under 49 CFR 387 and require all carriers to submit cargo insurance.
Filing Organization: Big YAAD Inc.
Date Agency Received Petition: 03/07/2024
Petition: Amend 49 CFR 387.307 by removing the $75,000 surety bond/trust fund requirement and change the word “revoke” for deactivation of broker authority as a result of an expired BMC-84, 85.
Filing Organization: Lloyd's of London
Date Agency Received Petition: 06/07/2024
Petition: Petition to clarify eligibility for certain alien surplus lines insurers to provide household goods cargo insurance under 49 CFR 387.315.
Filing Organization: AWM Associates, LLC.
Date Agency Received Petition: 09/08/2024
Petition: Petition to amend parts 49 CFR 390.3T and 397.2 regarding the transportation of hazardous materials.
Filing Organization: Fleet and Logistics, United Northeast
Date Agency Received Petition: 05/18/2023
Petition: Amend 49 CFR 390.5 definition of a commercial motor vehicle to remove Class 3 vehicles.
Filing Organization: *National Association of the Deaf (NAD)*
Date Agency Received Petition: 03/14/2019
Petition: Rescind the requirement for interstate drivers of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) to be able to hear. Request that the DOT and FMCSA repeal the regulatory language or, in the alternative, obtain clarification on non-discriminatory terms in 49 CFR 391.11 and 383.133.
Filing Organization: Institute for Safer Trucking
Date Agency Received Petition: 02/16/2024
Petition: Amend 49 CFR 392 to incorporate changes in Subpart G to include non-emergency parking on highway shoulders as a prohibited practice and to define “emergency” as it relates to this section.
Filing Organization: Automobile Carriers Conference
Date Agency Received Petition: 03/15/2024
Petition: Amend 49 CFR 393.87 to add an exception to the regulation to exclude a stinger-steered automobile transporter.
Filing Organization: AWM Associates, LLC
Date Agency Received Petition: 08/08/2024
Petition: Petition to amend parts 49 CFR 390.3T and 397.2 regarding the transportation of hazardous materials.
FMCSA
Larry Minor
Associate Administrator of Policy Larry.minor@dot.gov
Last updated: Monday, September 16, 2024